Jon Octeus granted release from Colorado State hoops

By Sean Star

Posted:
06/16/2014 08:20:55 PM MDT

Colorado State's Jon Octeus has decided to transfer to another school to spend his final year of eligibility after averaging 8.9 points and 3.6 rebounds for the Rams the past two seasons. (Amanda Sutherland / Loveland Reporter-Herald)

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State senior Jon Octeus has been granted a release from his scholarship and will transfer to another program, the university announced Monday.

The 6-foot-4 guard from Miami will graduate this summer and be eligible for his final season right away.

Octeus played in 67 games the past two years for CSU after transferring from Wabash Valley College (Mt. Carmel, Ill.). He started 33 times and averaged 8.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists.

He started in all 32 games this past season as a junior and was third on the team in points (13.4), rebounds (4.7) and assists (2.3). The season before that he helped the Rams to a program-record 26 wins and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament's round of 32 as a key reserve.

Octeus is the fourth player to transfer from the program since the end of last season, joining David Cohn, Marcus Holt and Dwight Smith.

"This was not an easy decision, but upon graduating, I have decided it is in my best interest to explore the opportunity to complete my last year of eligibility at another institution," Octeus said in a release from the university.

Octeus played a lot of point guard for the Rams last season, but coach Larry Eustachy hinted last week that it could be senior Daniel Bejarano filling that role this year. John Gillon, a transfer from Arkansas at Little Rock who sat out last year, will also be counted on to play the position.

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"From a basketball standpoint I feel the loss will be absorbed by returning players stepping up, and a talented collection of newcomers that still has yet to be completed," Eustachy said in the release. "I have never been more optimistic about going into a season."